| Pinoyscincus coxi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Pinoyscincus |
| Species: | P. coxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinoyscincus coxi (Taylor, 1915) | |
| Synonyms | |
Cox's sphenomorphus (Pinoyscincus coxi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, coxi, is in honor of Alvin J. Cox who was Director of the Philippines Bureau of Science.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. coxi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of P. coxi is unknown.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Pinoyscincus coxi coxi (Taylor, 1915)
- Pinoyscincus coxi divergens (Taylor, 1922)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pinoyscincus.
References
- ^ Brown R, Diesmos A, Gaulke M (2009). "Sphenomorphus coxi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169759A6670213. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169759A6670213.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2020.
- ^ Pinoyscincus coxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus coxi, p. 61).
Further reading
- Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1217–1243. (Pinoyscincus coxi, new combination).
- Taylor EH (1915). "New species of Philippine lizards". Philippine Journal of Science, Section D, General Biology, Ethnology, and Anthropology 10 (2): 89–109 + Plate I. (Sphenomorphus coxi, new species, pp. 100–101 + Plate I, figures 3 & 4).
- Taylor EH (1922). The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. Publication No. 17. 269 pp. + Plates 1–22. (Sphenomorphus jagorii divergens, new subspecies, p. 194).
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| Pinoyscincus coxi | |
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